Browsing by Author "Nampanzira, Dorothy K."

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    Are Livestock Keepers in and Around Forests Key Stakeholders in Forest Management? Experiences from Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda
    (Springer, Cham., 2019) Nampanzira, Dorothy K.; Katongole, Constantine B.; Muwanka, Vincent B.; Tabuti, John R. S.
    Globally, forests play an important role in supporting livelihoods of local communities that surround them. However, livestock rearing is hardly considered an important livelihood activity supported by forests. Forests can be a source of pastures which are key feed resources for livestock especially ruminants. There is little information on how a forest reserve affects livestock production especially in sedentary systems. In the current study, the status of livestock production in and around Mabira forest reserve, Uganda, was studied, to characterize the livestock production systems and determine the level of reliance on the forest for forages. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire, and a total of 80 households were interviewed. Results revealed that over 70% of the respondent farms had more than one livestock type. Cattle (71%), pigs (49%), chickens (47%) and goats (40%) were the most frequently kept livestock types. Most respondents fed cattle (54%) and pigs (81%) under the stall-feeding system, while 68% of the farms tethered goats. Chickens are mainly fed under free ranging feeding system (66%). Firewood, water, poles for construction and forages were the four forest products of significance importance to households rearing livestock around Mabira forest. Among the key determinants of level of reliance on forages from Mabira forest was negatively and significam, household’s distance to Mabira forest (P <0.01), household size (P <0.05) and landholding size owned by the household (P <0.05) were the variables found to be statistically significant. In conclusion, livestock farmers in and around Mabira forest rear a diversity of livestock types. Forest forages contribute substantially to the feed resource base of a significant proportion of
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    Nutritional properties of some browse species used as goat feed in Pastoral dry lands, Uganda
    (Agroforestry Systems, 2020) Nsubuga, David; Nampanzira, Dorothy K.; Masembe, Charles; Muwanika, Vincent B.
    The nutritional properties of leaves of ten browse species commonly used as goat feed in pastoral drylands of Uganda were evaluated by determining their chemical composition and in vitro gas production. Dry matter (DM) content ranged between 896 and 914 g kg-1 DM and was not significantly different (P[0.05) among the browse species. There was a wide variation in the crude protein (CP) content of the browse species. The highest CP values were observed in Acacia compylacantha, Acacia fruiticosa and Acacia senegal, with 365, 247 and 245 g kg-1 DM respectively, while the lowest was observed in Ganisa similis (150 g kg-1 DM). The NDF values were highest in A. senegal (343 g kg-1 DM) and lowest in A. compylacantha (151 g kg-1 DM). There was no significant difference (P[0.05) in the gas kinetics and total volume of gas produced by the browse species.
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    Sedentarization among nomadic pastoralists of Uganda: which way to feed livestock?
    (Agroforestry Systems, 2019) Muwanika, Vincent B.; Kabi, Fredrick; Nampanzira, Dorothy K.; Nsubuga, David; Masembe, Charles
    Abstract Pastoral nomadic communities of East Africa’s drylands are gradually shifting towards a sedentary type of production. However, successful animal production under such settings demands for integrated on-farm management of the various animal feed resources. The objective of this study was to characterize feed resources of goats in the pastoral area of Karamoja sub-region, a dry land area in northeastern Uganda. Structured interviews were conducted involving 300 randomly selected households. Results revealed seventy plant species distributed in 31 families were fed to goats. The species were dominated by browses (trees and shrubs) 54%; herbs 21%; grasses 19%; climbers and hedges 5%. Balanites aegyptica, Grewia similis, Acacia sieberiana, Acalypha fruticosa, Acacia albida and Cadaba farinosa were the most frequently mentioned browse species. Farmers also use these species for other purposes notably building, human and livestock medicine, fencing, firewood and as vegetables during the dry season. Browses were available throughout the year unlike grasses and crop residues that were available seasonally. Since browses were available throughout the year in addition to being multipurpose, it is recommended that current efforts to actualize a sedentary lifestyle among Karamoja pastoralists integrate the planting and management of the most reported browse species in this study